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01

Getting Started

The first things to understand when you open RadOS for the first time — your account, your Dashboard, and how the platform is organized.

Creating your RadOS account

You'll receive a sign-up link from your course, coach, or program. Open it, enter your email address and a password, and confirm your email. You'll land directly on your Dashboard — the home screen of RadOS.

Tip: use an email address you check often. RadOS sends important notifications there — new sales, new leads, and failed payments.

A tour of your Dashboard

Your Dashboard gives you a snapshot of your business the moment you log in: recent sales, new contacts, and quick links into the areas you use most.

The left-hand menu is where you'll spend most of your time. It's organized into a small number of sections:

  • Sites — your Sales Funnels and Blogs live here
  • Assets — your Courses and digital/physical products
  • Emails — Campaigns and Newsletters
  • CRM — your Contacts and Tags
  • Automations — Rules and Workflows that run in the background
  • Settings — your profile, domain, payment gateways, and account details

Everything else in RadOS is a variation on these six sections.

Setting up your profile and business details

  1. Click your profile picture in the top right, then Settings
  2. Add your business name, address, and support email — these appear on receipts and in your email footer
  3. Upload your logo under Add a profile picture to personalize your account

The four building blocks of RadOS

Once these four ideas click into place, the rest of the platform is just variations on them:

  1. Funnels — the pages a visitor moves through (opt-in, sales page, order form, upsell, thank-you page)
  2. Contacts & Tags — everyone on your list, organized by label so you can message the right group
  3. Automations — rules that say "when X happens, do Y" without you lifting a finger
  4. Courses — where paid or free content gets delivered to your students

What are the different ways to build a website in RadOS?

RadOS gives you three ways to put pages online, and you can combine all three:

  • A funnel page — a single-purpose page (opt-in, sales, order form) built to move a visitor toward one action
  • A blog — a full multi-page site with a homepage, post list, and individual articles, good for search-engine traffic
  • A custom funnel — a blank canvas funnel where you build any page type from scratch, including a full multi-page marketing website
02

The Page Editor

Every page in RadOS — funnel steps, blog posts, emails — is built with the same drag-and-drop editor. Learn it once, and you can build anything.

What you'll need: a RadOS account and a page to edit (a funnel step, blog page, or email).

How a page is structured

Every page is made of three layers, nested inside each other:

  1. Sections — the main horizontal blocks that stack to form your page. Add as many as you like.
  2. Rows (columns) — placed inside a section, columns control how content lines up side by side.
  3. Elements — the actual content: text, images, video, buttons, forms, and so on, placed inside columns.

When you add a new section, it automatically comes with one row and one column already inside it — you build outward from there.

Adding and styling a section

  1. Drag the Section block from the left-hand toolbar onto your page
  2. Click the small settings icon on the section to open its options
  3. From there you can change the background color, the inner background color, or upload a background image and choose how it's displayed (cover, fit, tile)
Tip: add columns inside a section by dragging the Column element in — this lets you place content side by side, like a 2- or 3-column feature layout.

Adding text, images, buttons, and video

Drag any element from the left panel directly into a column. Click it once it's placed to edit its content, and click the small settings icon to adjust typography, color, size, and spacing.

  • Text: click directly on the text to type; use the settings panel for font, size, weight, and color
  • Image: drag the Image element in, then click Upload to add your own file
  • Button: set the button's label, link destination, color, and size from its settings panel
  • Video: paste a YouTube/Vimeo link or upload your own file directly
  • Downloadable file / PDF: upload the file directly and RadOS generates a link or download button automatically

Resetting an element's style

If you've changed a setting (typography, color, size) and want to undo just that change, click the element, open the specific setting you changed, and click the small circular reset icon next to that setting's name. Only that setting reverts — everything else stays as you left it.

Forms, popups, and surveys

To collect emails or other information, drag in a Form element. You can add custom fields beyond just email and name — click Add a custom field inside the form settings. A Popup works the same way but displays as an overlay, triggered by a timer, scroll position, or exit intent. A Survey element lets you ask multiple-choice questions directly on the page.

Common error: "At least one email input is required." This means your page has a form or button set to collect a signup, but no email field has been added to it yet — add an email field to the form and the error clears.

SEO settings for a page

Every page has an SEO section where you can set the page title and meta description that appear in Google search results. You can also control whether the page is indexed by search engines at all — useful for pages like thank-you or order-confirmation pages that shouldn't show up in search.

Custom code (HTML/CSS/JS)

For advanced customization, RadOS lets you insert your own HTML, CSS, or JavaScript directly into a page using the Code element. This is optional — most pages never need it — but it's there if you want to embed a third-party widget or add custom styling the editor doesn't support natively.

03

Sales Funnels

A funnel is the path a visitor follows — from landing on a page, to becoming a lead, to becoming a paying customer. Every funnel is built from a sequence of steps (pages).

Creating a funnel

  1. Go to Sites → Sales Funnels and click Create
  2. Enter a name for your funnel, select your domain, and choose your currency
  3. Pick one of four funnel types (see below)

The four funnel types

TypeWhat it's for
Build an AudienceThe simplest structure — an opt-in page + thank-you page. Use it to grow your email list.
SellComes preset with an order form + thank-you page. Built to generate direct sales.
CustomA blank canvas — add any page type from scratch. Best once you're comfortable with the editor.
Run an Evergreen WebinarA specialized 3-page structure for selling and hosting an automated webinar.

Creating a sales page

  1. Open your funnel and click Add step
  2. From the Type dropdown, select Sales page
  3. Choose a template or start from scratch, then click Save
  4. Click Edit page to open the editor and customize your design

Creating an order form (payment page)

  1. In your funnel, click Add step and select Order form as the type
  2. Choose a template or start from scratch and save
  3. Scroll to Choose offer type and select either Digital product or Physical product
  4. Choose what the customer receives after paying — a course, a course bundle, a tag, a community, or a calendar event (for digital products)
  5. Add one or more price plans to the offer
Note: RadOS does not handle shipping or fulfillment for physical products — you manage delivery externally.

Adding an order bump

An order bump is a small additional offer shown right on the order form, before checkout — a classic way to increase your average order value.

  1. Open your order form page and click Add order bump
  2. Choose the offer type — physical or digital product
  3. Select what the customer gets after purchase (course, tag, community, etc.)
  4. Add a price to the order bump
  5. In the page editor, drag the Order bump element into the page body so it's visible
Tracking order bump buyers: create a tag (e.g. "Order Bump Buyer"), assign it as the order bump's Resource, then build an automation rule triggered by Tag added to follow up automatically with anyone who takes the bump.
Note on payment display: some payment processors only show the main offer's price in their checkout popup — this is normal. Both charges still go through, just as two separate transactions.

Creating an upsell and downsell

  1. Click Add step and choose Upsell or Downsell as the type
  2. Choose a template, save, then click Edit page
  3. Select the offer type (digital or physical) and attach the resource the customer receives
  4. In the editor, make sure to add both an Accept and a Decline button, so the customer can choose either path
Order matters: the upsell page must sit right after the main order form, and the downsell must follow the upsell in the funnel sequence — not before it.

Each upsell/downsell purchase is charged as its own separate transaction, not bundled into the original order.

A/B testing your pages

Create a variation of any page and RadOS will split traffic between the two versions automatically, so you can see which one converts better before committing to a design.

Setting a deadline on a funnel

Add a countdown timer to a funnel to create genuine urgency — for example, a 48-hour window on a launch offer. Once the deadline passes, you can configure the page to redirect visitors elsewhere or show the offer as closed.

Managing funnel pages

Inside a funnel, you can move, duplicate, or delete any step from the funnel's page menu. Duplicating is useful for creating a second version of a page to test a new headline or layout without touching the original.

Checking your funnel's performance

Open your funnel and check the Statistics tab to see visits, opt-ins, and sales for each step. This tells you exactly where visitors drop off, so you know which page to improve first.

04

Online Courses

Host your paid or free educational content and give students a clean learning space, whether it's a single mini-course or a full membership site.

Creating a course

  1. Go to Assets → Courses and click Add a new course
  2. Fill in the course name, domain, and URL path
  3. Choose one of the available course themes
  4. Click Save

You can change any of this information later from the course's settings.

Adding modules and lectures

Inside your course, click Add module, name it, and save. Inside each module, click Add lecture and fill in:

  • The name of the lecture
  • A delay after the previous lecture — this controls when a drip-access student unlocks it
  • Whether to enable comments so students can discuss the lecture
  • A page template for the lecture's content
Important: newly created modules and lectures are inactive by default. You need to manually activate them, or students won't see any content.

Managing modules and lectures

Click the three-dot menu next to any module or lecture to Duplicate it (creates an exact copy in the same course) or Move it (transfers it to a different course entirely). You can also drag and drop lectures to reorder them or move them between modules.

Note: anything duplicated or moved is automatically set to inactive — you'll need to activate it again in its new location. Moving content also resets any student progress and access rules tied to it.

The four course access types

TypeWhat students see
Full accessAll modules and lectures unlock instantly, regardless of any delay you've set.
Drip contentLectures unlock gradually, according to the delay you configured on each one.
Partial accessStudents only see specific modules you've selected in advance.
Partial access with dripStudents see only selected modules, and lectures within them still unlock gradually.
Drip example: set the first lecture's delay to 0 days (unlocks immediately on enrollment), then set every following lecture to a 1-day delay. Result: a brand-new lecture unlocks for the student every single day.

If you increase a delay before a lecture unlocks, RadOS automatically recalculates the remaining wait time based on the new delay — it doesn't just add the extra days on top blindly.

Note: expiration dates only work with Full access. Drip-based access types can't have an expiration delay.

Selling a course

Attach your course as the "resource" on an order form, upsell, downsell, or order bump page — once payment succeeds, RadOS grants access automatically and sends the student a welcome email with their login details.

Manually adding a student

Open Contacts, find the student, open their profile, and enroll them directly into the course — useful for bonuses, gifts, or manual sales made outside RadOS.

Course bundles

A course bundle groups several existing courses into one package, so a single purchase grants access to all of them at once — useful for a "VIP" tier that includes everything you've created.

Quizzes and comments

Add a quiz to any module to test comprehension before a student moves on. Enable comments on a lecture-by-lecture basis if you want students to be able to ask questions or discuss directly under the content.

05

Email Marketing

Two tools cover everything: Campaigns for automated, timed sequences (like a welcome series), and Newsletters for one-off broadcasts sent to a segment of your list.

Setting up a campaign (automated sequence)

  1. Go to Emails → Campaigns and click Create
  2. Add a name, choose a sender email, and a description, then Save
  3. Open the campaign and click Create to add your first email
  4. Fill in the subject, sender name, sender email, and choose an editor type

Classic editor vs. Visual editor

The Classic editor is a simple text-based writer, good for plain, personal-feeling emails. The Visual editor is a drag-and-drop canvas — the same system as the page editor — for emails with images, buttons, and multi-column layouts. You can control which elements show on desktop vs. mobile independently.

Careful: switching editors mid-way loses whatever you've written in the current one.

Configuring send delays

Each email in a campaign can be set to send:

  • A number of hours/days after a specific previous email
  • Only at a specific time of day
  • Only on specific days of the week
All conditions must be met simultaneously for an email to send — mixing several delay types at once can cause confusing timing. Keep it simple where you can.
Worked example — a 5-email campaign: a contact joins on Saturday Jan 1 at 11:00 am.
  • Email 1 (1 hr after signup, 7pm, Sundays only) → sends Jan 2, 7:00 pm
  • Email 2 (7:00 am, 1 hr after email 1) → sends Jan 3, 7:00 am
  • Email 3 (8:00 am, 1 day after email 2, Fridays only) → sends Jan 7, 8:00 am (first Friday all conditions align)
This is why "all conditions must be met" — a single mismatched condition pushes the send date out until everything lines up.

Sending or scheduling a newsletter

  1. Go to Emails → Newsletters and click Create
  2. Fill in the subject, sender name, sender email, and choose Classic or Visual editor
  3. Write your content
  4. In Email settings, choose which tags to include and which to exclude
Exclusion always wins: if a contact has even one excluded tag, they will not receive the newsletter — even if they also match an included tag.

Before sending, you can choose Save and test (sends a preview to yourself), Save and send (sends immediately), or Save and schedule (sends at a future date and time you set).

Personalizing emails with merge variables

Insert codes like a contact's first name or email address, and RadOS automatically fills in each recipient's real details when the email sends. You can also make these variables clickable — highlight the text, click the link icon, and paste the variable into the URL field.

Confirming your sender address & deliverability basics

Before you can send test or live emails from a given address, you need to confirm it (a verification link is sent to that inbox). Keep your emails visually light — heavy use of images, fonts, and embedded styling increases the chance of landing in spam. Favor clear, relevant content over dense design.

06

Automations

Automation rules follow one simple logic: when something happens, then RadOS does something — no manual work required.

Creating your first automation rule

  1. Go to Automations → Rules and click Create
  2. In the rule editor, you'll see two columns: Trigger and Action
  3. Click the + next to Trigger and choose the event that should start the rule
  4. Click the + next to Action and choose what should happen as a result
  5. Click Save Rule

Common triggers

  • Funnel step form subscribed — someone opts in on a specific page
  • New sale — someone purchases a specific product
  • Tag added — a contact gets assigned a specific tag (the tag must already exist before you build the rule)
  • Email link clicked — a 1-minute cooldown applies after the first click, to prevent double-firing from accidental double-clicks or email-provider security scans

Common actions

  • Send an email
  • Add or remove a tag
  • Enroll the contact in a course
  • Subscribe the contact to a campaign

Building automation rules from inside a funnel

You don't always need to open the Automations section separately — you can create automation rules directly inside the funnel step editor, right where the trigger event (like a form submission) will happen.

Limits worth knowing

20-trigger cap: a single trigger can only fire a maximum of 20 times for the same contact. After the 20th time, that trigger — and any rules or workflows tied to it — stop running for that specific contact.
30-day task history: the history of what an automation rule did for a contact is only stored for one month. If you can't find a past automation action on a contact's profile, it's likely just been cleaned up after 30 days — this doesn't mean the automation failed.

Common automations to set up early

  • Tag a contact "Customer" automatically after any purchase
  • Enroll new buyers into their course the instant checkout completes
  • Send yourself a notification email for every new sale
  • Enroll new leads into a welcome campaign the moment they opt in

Workflows

Workflows extend automation rules into multi-step, branching sequences — for example, wait 3 days, then check if a tag is present, and send a different email depending on the answer. Use workflows once your automations need more than a single trigger-and-action pair.

07

Contacts & Tags

Every lead and customer lives in your Contacts list under CRM. Tags are the labels that keep that list organized and targetable.

Importing a contact list

  1. Convert your list to CSV format (in Excel: File → Save as, choose comma as the separator)
  2. Go to CRM → Contacts and click Import contacts
  3. Select your CSV delimiter (comma, semicolon, or pipe) and upload your file
  4. Choose a tag to assign to everyone in this import, then click Next
  5. Optionally subscribe the imported contacts to a campaign
  6. Match each column in your file (email, first name, etc.) to the correct field, then click Import
Important: only import addresses of people who have explicitly consented to hear from you. This protects your deliverability and keeps you compliant with email regulations.

Exporting a contact list

Go to CRM → Contacts, select the contacts you want, click More actions → Export. A CSV file is generated and emailed to your account address.

Note: the export file is only available to download for 3 days before it's automatically deleted for privacy reasons — you'll need to request a new export after that.

Creating and using tags

A tag is a label attached to a contact — for example, "Free Guide," "Customer," or "VIP." Tags are essential for targeted newsletters and automation rules; without them, you can only message your entire list at once.

  1. Go to CRM → Tags and click Create
  2. Enter a name and click Save
Shortcut: you can also create a brand-new tag directly from inside an automation rule's action settings — just type the new name and RadOS creates it on the spot.

Reading your tag statistics

Each tag's dashboard shows Today/Yesterday counts, a running Total, how many were Removed, and the Sales generated by contacts carrying that tag.

Important nuance: "Total" counts every contact who has ever received the tag — including ones later removed. To see how many contacts currently hold the tag, subtract Removed from Total.

Adding or removing a tag manually

Open a contact's profile, find the Tags section, and click Add Tag, or click the small "x" next to an existing tag to remove it.

08

Payments & Pricing

Connect a payment processor once, then build any pricing structure you need — one-time payments, subscriptions, or installment plans.

Connecting Stripe

  1. Click your profile picture → Settings → Payment Gateways
  2. Click Connect next to Stripe
  3. Log in to an existing Stripe account, or create a new one
  4. Select your business country and business type (individual, company, or nonprofit)
  5. Verify your personal information — required before payments can go live
  6. Click Authorize access to this account — you're redirected back into RadOS automatically
Required fields: for Stripe to process correctly, your payment pages must collect the customer's Email and First Name.

Stripe supports cards, Apple Pay, and several local methods (iDEAL, Bancontact, Klarna, Multibanco) depending on the buyer's country and currency — all handled automatically once connected.

Connecting PayPal

Follow the same path — Settings → Payment Gateways — and connect your existing PayPal account. If PayPal transactions aren't appearing as expected, double-check that the connected account matches the one receiving funds, and that the integration hasn't been disconnected on PayPal's side.

Creating a price plan

Inside your order form, select Digital product, add a resource, and click the + next to it to configure a price plan. There are three types:

TypeHow it works
One-time paymentA single charge for permanent access. Just enter the amount and tax behavior.
SubscriptionA recurring charge (e.g. $20/month). You can add a free trial period measured in days, weeks, months, or years — enter "0" if you don't want a trial.
Payment planSame setup as a subscription, but with a fixed total number of payments (e.g. "3" for three monthly installments), after which billing stops automatically.
Note: for physical products, the price plan is created directly when you add the product, not through this same panel.

Coupons and discounts

Create a coupon with a percentage or fixed-amount discount, choose which products it applies to, and optionally set an expiry date or a maximum number of redemptions.

Testing your checkout before going live

Always run a full test purchase through your own funnel before sharing the link publicly — this confirms the payment gateway, the resource delivery (course access, tags, files), and your automated confirmation emails are all working together correctly.

Invoices and failed payments

Enable automatic invoice generation so customers receive a receipt after every purchase. For subscriptions, if a customer's card fails, RadOS can automatically retry the payment and notify the customer, giving them a chance to update their card before access is revoked.

09

Custom Domain

Use your own web address (like yourbrand.com) instead of the default RadOS link. This is the most technical setup in RadOS — take it slowly and it'll go smoothly.

What you'll need: a domain purchased from any domain registrar, and access to that registrar's DNS settings.

Step 1 — Add the domain in RadOS

  1. Click your profile picture → Settings → Custom Domain
  2. Click Add domain
  3. Enter your domain starting with www (e.g. www.yourbrand.com) and click Save

RadOS will generate two CNAME records you'll need in the next step.

Step 2 — Add the CNAME records at your registrar

Log in to wherever you purchased your domain, go to your DNS zone, and create two new CNAME records using the exact values RadOS displayed for you:

First CNAME — Name/Host: www · Target/Value: the CloudFront address shown in your RadOS panel

Second CNAME — Name/Host: a long verification string shown in your panel · Target/Value: the matching ACM validation address shown alongside it
Use your own values: the exact strings are unique to your account — always copy them directly from your RadOS Custom Domain panel, never from an example.

Once both records are added, verify propagation using a free tool like dnschecker.org — search the full CNAME name (including your domain) and confirm the indicators show green worldwide.

Be patient: DNS propagation can take anywhere from a few minutes up to 24–48 hours. This is completely normal — you don't need to redo anything, just wait it out.

Step 3 — Redirect the root domain

Your CNAME points www.yourbrand.com to RadOS — you also need visitors typing just yourbrand.com (no www) to land in the right place.

  • If your registrar supports ALIAS records (e.g. Hostinger): create an ALIAS record from the root domain to the same target you used for your www CNAME.
  • For most other registrars: find the "Redirection" or "Forwarding" option, and create a redirect from yourbrand.com to www.yourbrand.com.
Heads up: most registrars only forward plain HTTP, not HTTPS. If you need a secure HTTPS redirect on the root domain, choose a registrar that supports CNAME flattening or root-level CNAMEs (Cloudflare and Namecheap both do).

Setting your domain's homepage

Once your domain is connected, tell RadOS which page or blog should load when someone visits your bare domain — otherwise visitors will land nowhere. Set this from the same Custom Domain settings panel.

Don't own a domain yet?

Purchase one first from any domain registrar (there are many reputable ones online), then come back and follow Steps 1–3 above.

10

Blog

A built-in blog is a good way to bring in free search-engine traffic before sending readers into a funnel.

Creating a blog

  1. Go to Sites → Blogs and click Create
  2. Enter a name, choose the blog's domain, set a URL path, and pick a template
  3. Click Save

Once created, click the blog's title to manage it. From there:

  • Blog layout — change the overall visual structure
  • Blog settings — rename it, change domain, URL path, or language
  • View blog — preview it live
Note: an RSS feed is generated automatically and updates every time you publish — copy the feed URL from your blog settings if you want to syndicate it elsewhere.

Creating a post, page, or category

Inside your blog, use the Posts, Pages, or Categories sub-menu, then click + Create. Use categories to group related posts and make your blog easier to browse.

Note: the Home page and the Post list page can't be deleted — they're required for the blog's structure to work.

Adding a form or popup to your blog

Turn readers into subscribers by dragging a Form or Popup element directly onto your blog layout or an individual post — the same editor and elements you use everywhere else in RadOS.

Frequently Asked Questions

Quick answers to the questions beginners ask most often.

Do I need any technical or design skills to use RadOS?

No. Every page, email, and course is built using the same drag-and-drop editor. If you can use a word processor, you can build in RadOS.

Can I use RadOS on my phone?

You can view your Dashboard and statistics from a phone browser, but for building pages, funnels, and emails, use a laptop or desktop for the best editing experience.

What happens if I don't finish setting something up today?

Nothing is lost. RadOS saves your work automatically as you go, so you can log back in and continue exactly where you left off.

Can I change a page's design after it's already published?

Yes, at any time. Edits go live as soon as you save — your published page always reflects your latest changes.

How long does it take for my custom domain to start working?

Usually a few hours, though DNS changes can technically take up to 24–48 hours to fully propagate worldwide. This is normal and doesn't require you to redo any steps.

Why can't I find a past automation action on a contact's profile?

Automation task history is only kept for 30 days before being cleaned up automatically. If it's older than that, it's simply no longer stored — it doesn't mean the automation failed to run.

Is there a limit to how many emails I can send?

No — email sending is unlimited on your RadOS plan, regardless of how large your list grows.

What's the difference between a campaign and a newsletter?

A campaign is a timed, automated sequence triggered by an event (like an opt-in) — think of a welcome series. A newsletter is a one-off broadcast you send or schedule manually to a segment of your list, filtered by tags.

Still stuck?

If you couldn't find your answer above, reach out and we'll walk you through it directly.

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